TINTORETTO
(b. 1518, Venezia, d. 1594, Venezia)

View of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio

1585-90
Oil on canvas
Palazzo Ducale, Venice

The picture shows a view of the Sala del Maggior Consiglio (Hall of the Great Council) in the Ducal Palace in Venice. On the end wall Tintoretto and his pupils painted the enormous representation of Paradise. The oval ceiling painting visible here is the Triumph of Venice by Veronese and pupils.